Paris Climate Conference: All Talk, No Action - http://clapway.com/2015/11/30/paris-climate-conference-all-talk-no-action123/

After the failure of the 2009 Copenhagen conference for climate change, the Paris climate conference hopes to bring some more realistic solutions to global warming. International negotiators will be meeting at the famed city to attempt to produce plans to press world governments to lower greenhouse gas emissions and to create institutions that monitor this progress.

More than 125 Nations Are Participating in the Conference

The result of the conference, according to analysts, will likely be something similar to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade after World War II. This encouraged nations to negotiate with each other and form agreements to lower trade barriers. With over 125 countries participating, there can be a lot of positive initiative to start making some changes.

The Countries With Highest Rates of Emissions Are Already Pledging Change

The United States is already on board, promising to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 26%-28% from 2005 levels by 2025, and China promises to peak their emissions within 15 years, and increase the use of renewable energy nationwide and setting a carbon price. In Europe, there is already a carbon-price in place, and the participating European countries are promising to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from their 1990 by 2030.

If These Promises Are Followed, Global Temperatures Will Rise 2.7C

The target is to keep global warming below 2C, and 2.7C is a much closer target and a much more feasible one. The Paris climate conference, if it is more than talk, can bring the world closer to cutting down climate change and reduce the warming of the oceans.

 

Paris Climate Conference: All Talk, No Action

Brazilian Technology To Fight Global Warming - http://clapway.com/2015/11/18/brazilian-technology-to-fight-global-warming123/

Brazil is On A Mission to Fight Global Warming

New technology out of Brazi has set its mind to fight global warming by combining the technology that goes into integrated grain and meat production and forestry. Brazil produces close to 200 million tons of gran every year, and they are also the #1 meat producer in the world.

Brazil is On A Mission to Fight Global Warming

By combining these forces, EMBRAPA is hoping to bring a technology that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming.

The Plan: Mixing Planting of Grain and Cattle Pasture

The ideal strategy to fight global warming would start by growing a plant called Brachiaria brizanthia, which is used to promote the soil quality for soybean and corn crops. These crops circulate throughout the years, and using this plant as a base would help optimize its condition. This system would be in place between 1 and 3 years, and after that, the crops can be reused as cattle fields. The degraded pasture in the soil would end up producing twice as methane in this system.

Reducing Deforestation to Fight Global Warming

The next step would be to recover the pasture, which would allow for more cattle in the area. This could also help reduce CO2 emissions for the grain crops, because shrubs such as Eucalyptus can spring from the pasture. Eucalyptus is able to absorb CO2, and if this plan is well executed, Brazil will not only be the top producer of feed and food in the world, but will also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce deforestation.

Reducing Deforestation to Fight Global Warming

Brazilian Technology To Fight Global Warming

NASA and Scientists Worry For Carbon Dioxide - http://clapway.com/2015/11/13/nasa-and-scientists-worry-for-carbon-dioxide123/

In a conference in Paris later in November, NASA and scientists will discuss the effects of the other half of carbon dioxide emissions absorbed by the Earth to examine if the range absorbed is decreasing.

According to NASA and Scientists, The Earth May Lose the Ability to Absorb CO2

The scientific community is working jointly with NASA to analyze how and where carbon is absorbed in land and sea. They hope to further investigate what changes in the ecosystems that absorb the other half of the carbon dioxide emissions in the planet. What exactly it means for world climate isn’t yet certain, but NASA and scientists are bringing in satellite missions, multi-year campaigns and new instruments for ISS in the upcoming years to examine the effects of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyBlO6LN4rU

NASA and Scientists Receive Data From Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2

NASA has already acquired satellite data from the first year of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 Satellite, which was designed to measure CO2 from the top of the Earth’s atmosphere to the surface. This data will prompt NASA and scientists in the community to conduct field experiments to predict how carbon-absorbing systems respond to climate change.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk11DVaAjEA

Are Oceans Absorbing Less Carbon?

The scientific community is particularly concerned about the potential for the ocean’s rate of carbon absorption to reduce, as warming oceans and phytoplankton counts change. NASA and scientists are looking to study the areas where phytoplankton are most plentiful, specifically the North Atlantic in November.

Warming Climates Are Changing the Land Already

Nasa and Scientists are most worried that some regions, like the Arctic and forests that are prone to fires, could begin emitting more carbon emissions that they can absorb, and so, NASA is deplyoing its Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment, which will conduct a 10 year experiment to collect data on the status of carbon stores in Alaska and Canada.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YsoVWxR9-w

NASA and Scientists Worry For Carbon Dioxide